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Council comment on Downstage closure

Council comment on Downstage closure

“Downstage has had a great and storied history over the past five decades. It has delighted generations of Wellington theatre-goers and has launched many careers."

CNZ statement on closure of Downstage Theatre

Creative New Zealand is saddened at the news that Downstage Theatre Trust will be closing its doors this weekend.

Downstage Theatre to close

Downstage Theatre to close

The Board of Downstage Theatre today announced its decision to close the company.

Migrant youth growing up

Migrant youth growing up

Birds, a play by Dianna Fuemana, is a tough and endearing contemporary take on migrant youth growing up in urban Auckland. Renee Liang chats to director Scotty Cotter.

ScreenTalk: Matthew Metcalfe

ScreenTalk: Matthew Metcalfe

Matthew Metcalfe: Scaling the heights of filmmaking…

Theatreview Weekly: 12/09/2013

Theatreview Weekly: 12/09/2013

A selection of reviews from Theatreview from the last week including: Live at Six, Abigail’s Party, and Looking at Stuff in Clouds.

Live at Survive & Thrive

Live at Survive & Thrive

In the lead-up to Survive & Thrive in Auckland over the next two days, we asked some of the guest speakers ‘it’s the future already – are you ready?’

APRA Silver Scroll finalists

APRA Silver Scroll finalists

Finalists have been announced for the 2013 APRA Silver Scroll Award, the APRA Maioha Award and SOUNZ Contemporary Award.

ScreenTalk: Outrageous Fortune

ScreenTalk: Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune: A modern morality tale…

Telling tales

Telling tales

Jacob Rajan tells Renee Liang about quirky tales, touring and masks as Indian Ink‘s hotly anticipated new work, Kiss the Fish, hits Auckland.

Empowering eco-systems

Empowering eco-systems

With a Japanese father and an American mother, in an era when this was unthinkable, Singapore based media consultant Keiko Hagihara Bang says she had a head start from childhood.

Link to the latest DRM material [from the Guardian]